The Westbrook American reported on June 10, 1964, that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Young of Flaggy Meadow Road, Gorham, were honored with a dinner in observance of their 50th wedding anniversary. Ida Foster of West Buxton returned home after spending the winter with relatives and friends in Massachusetts.

Buxton voters Tuesday chose Peter Burns, 63, to serve a three-year term as selectman. Burns defeated Carol Sanborn, 70, who formerly served on the board, by a wide margin, 338-183. Burns won the seat of Cliff Emery, who did not seek re-election, on the five-member Board of Selectmen. Burns has previously served as chairman and […]

186/186a The Haskell Silk Mill at 98 Bridge St., as it looked in the 1950s, left photo, was built in 1900 to replace the company’s old wooden mill on Bridge Street at the Presumpscot River. Haskell Silk operated from this building until it went out of business in 1933. Sebago Shoe Co. purchased the building […]

The former Westbrook business owner who was arrested on drug charges in November pleaded no contest to the charges in Superior Court Monday. Abbas Al-Hamdany, 38, the former owner of Friendly Discount on Main Street, was charged with aggravated trafficking of cocaine in November, as well as violating conditions of release. According WGME Channel 13, […]

Westbrook police officers used Tasers early Saturday morning to avoid a pit bull attack – and to subdue the man who ordered the dog to charge police. The confrontation between the officers and Christopher “CJ” Dunaway occurred after police received a report of a fight on River and North streets at 12:15 Saturday morning. Before […]

Summer is a wonderful time for remembering. For some of us senior citizens lucky enough to have grown up in Maine, our childhood summers are particularly evocative. Back in the 1940s, it seemed like a long way from Windham to Boothbay Harbor, especially if you were a kid. But for many years, my family traveled […]

John and Alexandra Conger were in CPR class – a requirement for parents who are adopting a child – when they got a message from across the country that changed everything. “It’s over. I’m keeping the child,” John Conger said the message, e-mailed to his cell phone, read. But police believe the 24-year-old woman whose […]

A Buxton man was arrested following a raid Tuesday by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and Buxton police. Buxton Police Chief Mike Grovo said Dennis E. Ward, 44, of 25 No Such Road, was charged with aggravated cultivating of marijuana, which is a class B crime. Grovo said Wednesday that the investigation is still ongoing. […]

As early as this summer, children under 18 years old may be able to hang out on Westbrook’s streets an hour and a half longer than they can now. The City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a proposal to extend the curfew from 9 p.m. to 10:30. The proposal was originally brought about by […]

Gorham Town Council Tuesday approved municipal and school budgets that lower taxes for the town’s property owners. Councilors approved a 2 percent pay raise for municipal employees, but Scout, the police department’s dog, became a casualty of the tightened budget. Gorham’s total budget is $42 million. The new municipal budget is $12.4 million, down $136,000 […]